失业是当今西方发达世界面临的一个极为严重的问题,以至美国总统克林顿建议今秋召开专门的首脑会议商讨对策。本刊记者就此采访了美国、英国和意大利的一些经济学家和就业专家,请他们谈谈对西方国家失业的状况、原因和缓解措施及其前景的看法,现将这些专访刊登如下。 Unemployment is an extremely serious problem facing the developed western world today, even as U.S. President Bill Clinton proposed to hold a special summit this fall to discuss countermeasures. In this connection, our correspondents interviewed economists and employment specialists in the United States, Britain and Italy and asked them to talk about the status, causes and mitigation measures of unemployment in the Western countries and their prospects. These interviews are published as follows.